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Bib. Ref.: “Ecce breves anni transeunt, & semitam [per quam non] revertar, ambulo.
Behold ye Short Years pass away, & we walk ye ways, [we never] shall return. Job.
16, 23.” The sermon has an alternate text: “See therefore, Brethren, how you walk
warily: not as unwise, but as wise: [redeem]ing the Time, because ye Days are Evil.
Ephes: 5.16.”
Commentary: The sermon is imperfect, with edges badly frayed and damaged and
with loss of text. Notes at the head of the sermon read “1756 1768 N. Town” and,
(in an unidentified hand), “New Years’ day.” A note at the ends reads “Columb. T. l.
p. 180.” This sermon is based on the “Sermon VIII. Pour le jour de la circoncision”
by the French Jesuit Rev. Claude de La Colombiere. Compare, for instance, La
Colombiere’s Sermons prechez devant son altesse royale Madame la duchesse d’York...
Tome premier. Lyon: Chez Anisson & Posuel, 1716, pp. 180-202.
Keywords: life, transitoriness of; time, use of; duty; La Colombiere, Rev. Claude de;
59. BEADNALL, JAMES. (MD; Cath.; 1718-1772; in MD 1749-1772)
“[On the use of time.]” [1766] 3pp. [Acc. No. 52]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “See . . . Brethren how you walk warily not as unwise, but as wise:
redeeming ye Time. Ephesians. 5.16” [5, 16-17].
Commentary: Accession number 52 is the first of two sermons bound together in
the order accession number 52 and accession number 53. The sermon exists in
note form only. The first note reads “As in mine Ecce breves ani. 1756.” Compare
accession number 3 based on La Colombiere. A note at the head of the sermon
reads “1766.”
Keywords: time, use of; duty; La Colombiere, Rev. Claude de;
60. BEESTON, FRANCIS. (MD; Cath.; 1751-1809; in MD 1786-1809)
“[On the fast of Lent.]” [1787] 2pp. [Acc. No. 450]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Maryland Province Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Cum Jejunatis, nolite fieri sicut Hypocritae tristes. When you fast be not
as the hypocrits, sad. Matth: Ch:6 Ver: 16.”
Commentary: The sermon is imperfect. It consists only of the text and part of
an introduction. Notes on the verso read “Col. Ash-Wednesday. On the fast of
Lent. 1787—Deerfield Dom: Quinquag: Hane’s Neck Die seq: Philada. 1a. Dom:
Quadrag: Warwick Dom: 2a. Quadrag: Dom: Quinmq: 1792 - Boha. Dom: Quinq:
1793 - Boha. Dom. Quinq: 1794 - Baltre.” Based on the “Sermon LXXXIV. Du jeune
et de l’abstinence du Careme” by the French Jesuit Rev. Claude de La Colombiere.
Cf., for instance, La Colombiere’s Sermons prechez devant son altesse royale Madame
la duchesse d’York ... Tome quatrieme. Lyon: Chez Anisson & Posuel, 1716, pp. 218-
242. Beeston, a Jesuit until the suppression in 1773, served in Maryland from 1786
until his death. He did not re-enter the Society upon its restoration.
Keywords: Lent; fasting; Colombiere, Rev. Claude de la;
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